Google、ＡＯＬに出資

今朝のウォールストリートジャーナルに「Google、AOLに10億ドル出資」の観測記事がありました。
10億ドルといったら1160億円ですか、すごい金額ですね。

Google Nears $1 Billion Deal
To Take Stake in AOL
December 16, 2005 5:22 p.m.

Time Warner Inc.'s AOL and Google Inc. have entered exclusive negotiations over a deal that would have the search giant pay $1 billion for a 5% stake in AOL, deepening their advertising partnership, according to a person close to the situation.

The talks shut out Microsoft Corp., which has been wooing AOL since January.

As part of the deal, AOL would be able to sell advertising among the search results provided by Google on AOL Web properties. AOL's sales staff would also sell display ads across Google's network of Web publishers.

結果としてマイクロソフトは見事に振られたといったところでしょうか
以前からＡＯＬがマイクロソフトの検索エンジンを使う話はあったようです。